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  The Iliad and The Odyssey

  Homer

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  The legendary poet of Greek antiquity Homer is surrounded by almost as much myth as the characters of his two epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey. As two of the oldest extant works of Western literature they formed the foundations for Ancient Greek culture, and have been read, translated, adapted and enjoyed across the globe since the 8th century BC. 
   
  The Iliad takes place in the final weeks of the long-fought Trojan War. As the Greeks fight to reclaim the beautiful Helen, King Agamemnon seizes Briseis, the concubine of Achilles. In disgust the legendary warrior abandons the conflict, taking his men with him. 
   
  The Odyssey joins the heroic Odysseus on his epic and tumultuous journey home following the fall of Troy. Having angered the sea-god Poseidon he and his men are beset by obstacles including a man-eating Cyclops, deadly storms, and a witch who transforms her enemies into pigs. 
   
  The translations presented in this wonderful collection are easily accessible prose editions translated by highly-esteemed authors. The Iliad is translated by the late-Victorian novelist Samuel Butler, and The Odyssey by adventurer Lawrence of Arabia, T.E. Lawrence.

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  Right Ho Jeeves

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  What begins as a well-intentioned effort quickly spirals into a masterpiece of comic chaos. 
  At his Aunt Dahlia’s country estate, Bertie Wooster finds himself surrounded by romantic entanglements, wounded pride, and a cast of eccentrics that seem determined to complicate life at every turn. Confident in his own abilities—and against the better judgment of his ever-reliable valet—Bertie takes it upon himself to set things right. 
  The result? 
  Utter pandemonium. 
  Between a lovesick newt enthusiast, a fiery French chef on the brink, broken engagements, and a prize-giving ceremony headed for disaster, Bertie’s interventions only deepen the confusion. With social catastrophe looming and his own freedom at risk, he must do the unthinkable: admit defeat and turn once more to the incomparable Jeeves. 
  With razor-sharp wit, perfectly timed farce, and unforgettable characters, Right Ho, Jeeves stands as one of P. G. Wodehouse’s finest comic achievements. 
  Narrated with warmth and precision by Paul Landergan, this production captures every nuance of Wodehouse’s timeless humor. 
  🎧 This audiobook is produced under the Certified Human Voice™ standard—performed entirely by a human narrator, with no AI-generated voices.

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  De Anima

  Aristotle

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  On the Soul (Latin De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations. Thus plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum that must be possessed by any kind of living organism. Lower animals have, in addition, the powers of sense-perception and self-motion (action). Humans have all these as well as intellect. The notion of soul used by Aristotle is only distantly related to the usual modern conception. He holds that the soul is the form, or essence of any living thing; that it is not a distinct substance from the body that it is in; that it is the possession of soul (of a specific kind) that makes an organism an organism at all, and thus that the notion of a body without a soul, or of a soul in the wrong kind of body, is simply unintelligible. (He argues that some parts of the soul-the intellect-can exist without the body, but most cannot.) It is difficult to reconcile these points with the popular picture of a soul as a sort of spiritual substance "inhabiting" a body. (Adapted from Wikipedia)

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  Trilby

  George du Maurier

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  Trilby opens in the Latin Quarter of nineteenth-century Paris, where Trilby O'Ferrall is working as an artist's model. Her grace and ingenuous charm make a poignant contrast to the cruel magnetism of Svengali, under whose spell she falls. Using hypnotic powers, Svengali shapes her into a virtuoso singer—Europe's most captivating soprano—but her golden voice, and even her life, become fatally tied to him.A precursor to The Phantom of the Opera, Trilby was all the rage when it appeared in 1894, spawning songs, shoes, and most famously, the Trilby hat. This novel holds the mirror up to the art and science of the fin de si├¿cle and its darkest obsessions—to anti-Semitism, crime, sexuality and the occult, music and mesmerism, and to new investigations of hysteria and the unconscious.

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  The Complete Fables - Aesop

  Aesop Aesop

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  What simple stories have taught the world for thousands of years?
  
  Aesop: The Complete Fables brings together the timeless tales that have shaped moral storytelling across cultures and centuries. These short, memorable fables—often told through animals and everyday characters—deliver powerful lessons about honesty, kindness, pride, patience, and wisdom.
  
  From well-known favorites like The Tortoise and the Hare and The Fox and the Grapes to lesser-known gems, each story offers insight into human behavior in a form that is simple, engaging, and unforgettable.
  
  These fables have been passed down for generations because their lessons remain relevant at every age. Children enjoy their clarity and charm, while adults appreciate their depth and truth.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll enjoy:
  
  A complete collection of Aesop's classic fables
  
  Short stories with clear moral lessons
  
  Timeless wisdom told through simple storytelling
  
  One of the foundations of world literature and ethics
  
  Used in classrooms, shared in families, and loved worldwide, Aesop's Fables remain essential reading for anyone seeking wisdom wrapped in simplicity.
  
  Discover the stories that shaped moral thinking for centuries. Buy now and enjoy the complete fables of Aesop.

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  Louisa May Alcott - Six of the...

  Louisa May Alcott

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 
   
  1 - Six of the Best - Louisa May Alcott - An Introduction 
  2 - Louisa May Alcott - An Introduction 
  3 - On Picket Duty by Louisa May Alcott 
  4 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott 
  5 - Obtaining Supplies by Louisa May Alcott 
  6 - My Red Cap by Louisa May Alcott 
  7 - Psyche's Art by Louisa May Alcott 
  8 - Transcendental Wild Oats by Louisa May Alcott

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